City and Liberty
of Westminster
in the County of
Middlesex }
to wit.

An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
King, at the Parish of Saint George Hanover Square
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the Third day of August 1769 in the Ninth year
of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain,
France and Ireland, king, Defender of the Faith, and so Forth, before Thomas Prickard< no role > , Gentleman ,
Coroner of our said Lord the King for the said City and Liberty, on View of the Body of
Dennis Ould< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of Thomas Bowen< no role >
Thomas Malton< no role > , Thomas Ladber< no role > , Samuel Poucher< no role > , James Chamberlayne< no role > , Thomas
Battersby< no role > William Cave< no role > William Watkis< no role > ; Thomas Ball< no role > Richard Williams< no role > John
Baker< no role > and John Barnes< no role > good and lawful Men of the said Liberty, duly
chosen, who being then and there duly sworn and Charged to enquire for our said Lord the
King, when, how, and by what Means the said Dennis Ould came to
his Death, do upon their Oath Say,

That the said Dennis Ould< no role > on the First day of
August in the Year aforesaid at the Parish and in the Liberty and County aforesaid
to wit, at Chelsea Water works , going into the Water there to Bathe himself it do
happened that accidentally casually, and by Misfortune he the said Dennis Ould< no role >
was in the said Waters then and there suffocated and drowned of which said
Suffocation and Drowning he the said Dennis Ould< no role > then and there instantly Died
And to the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say, that the said Dennis
Ould< no role > in Manner and by the Means aforesaid accidentally casually and by
Misfortune came to his Death and not otherwise In Witness whereof as well
the said Coroner as the Forenoon of the Jurors aforesaid have to this Inquisition
set their Hands and Seals the day and Year above written

Tho Prickard< no role > Coroner

Thomas Borders< no role > Foreman